Casa Soumaya

Chapultepec, San Juan, y Polanco

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February 18th 2015
Tuesday was our first day on our own with Alex back at the Embassy. We did the normal morning routine, made some coffee and breakfast tacos, then headed out toward Chapultepec Park, just south of the Polanco neighborhood and the largest city park in Latin America. Chapultepec Park, whose name in Nahuatl means "at the grasshopper hill", is a vast tree-filled area full of jogging paths, a lake, and ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more